Post by douglaswulf on Jan 28, 2011 3:41:37 GMT
On January 24, 2011, the following discussion occurred at www.missing-episodes.com ...
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Joe Haynes asked the following ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #40 on Jan 24, 2011, 6:05pm »
Thanks for keeping us updated. Can you confirm if any missing material has been located?
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John Wall commented ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #42 on Jan 24, 2011, 7:21pm »
Knowing the number of hoaxes, red herrings, etc that we've had over the years I'd expect all involved to be extremely quiet until they've actually got the material in their hands and preferable into an archive. Then they'll post it here.
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John Andersen added ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #43 on Jan 24, 2011, 8:25pm »
Jan 24, 2011, 7:21pm, John Wall wrote:
I agree with Mr. Wall here. We don't want another incident like DWO did when they said they had three reliable sources saying that The Web of Fear had been found. That incident only led to a lot of animosity and bad feelings when DWO wouldn't provide their evidence to indicate why they believed that the episodes had been found. When the episodes didn't turn up, that only pissed off a part of Doctor Who fandom even more. The only thing we can do now is wait.
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And Paul Vanezis replied ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #44 on Jan 24, 2011, 10:22pm »
Jan 24, 2011, 8:25pm, John Andersen wrote:
We don't want another incident like DWO did when they said they had three reliable sources saying that The Web of Fear had been found. That incident only led to a lot of animosity and bad feelings when DWO wouldn't provide their evidence to indicate why they believed that the episodes had been found.
Exactly right. Also, please note that this is the third consecutive year we've had an Africa Progress thread. There's a good reason for that, but it doesn't mean that anything has been found. It does mean we're still working to get the job done properly and methodically. We are, it is.
When we can say something we will, but I'm afraid it isn't going to be next week, next month or maybe not even this year. We don't know, so the message is don't hold your breath.
If at the end of this we can come back and say there is nothing at all in Africa, then we've still been successful. We'll also be depressed, but hey, sometimes that's the way it is.
Thanks for all the good wishes.
Paul
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Joe Haynes asked the following ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #40 on Jan 24, 2011, 6:05pm »
Thanks for keeping us updated. Can you confirm if any missing material has been located?
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John Wall commented ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #42 on Jan 24, 2011, 7:21pm »
Knowing the number of hoaxes, red herrings, etc that we've had over the years I'd expect all involved to be extremely quiet until they've actually got the material in their hands and preferable into an archive. Then they'll post it here.
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John Andersen added ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #43 on Jan 24, 2011, 8:25pm »
Jan 24, 2011, 7:21pm, John Wall wrote:
I agree with Mr. Wall here. We don't want another incident like DWO did when they said they had three reliable sources saying that The Web of Fear had been found. That incident only led to a lot of animosity and bad feelings when DWO wouldn't provide their evidence to indicate why they believed that the episodes had been found. When the episodes didn't turn up, that only pissed off a part of Doctor Who fandom even more. The only thing we can do now is wait.
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And Paul Vanezis replied ...
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Re: Africa Progress 2011
« Reply #44 on Jan 24, 2011, 10:22pm »
Jan 24, 2011, 8:25pm, John Andersen wrote:
We don't want another incident like DWO did when they said they had three reliable sources saying that The Web of Fear had been found. That incident only led to a lot of animosity and bad feelings when DWO wouldn't provide their evidence to indicate why they believed that the episodes had been found.
Exactly right. Also, please note that this is the third consecutive year we've had an Africa Progress thread. There's a good reason for that, but it doesn't mean that anything has been found. It does mean we're still working to get the job done properly and methodically. We are, it is.
When we can say something we will, but I'm afraid it isn't going to be next week, next month or maybe not even this year. We don't know, so the message is don't hold your breath.
If at the end of this we can come back and say there is nothing at all in Africa, then we've still been successful. We'll also be depressed, but hey, sometimes that's the way it is.
Thanks for all the good wishes.
Paul
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